Cooked?Socalo
- gradeGrade B
- inspection score89 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedNovember 4, 2025 →
- address1920 Santa Monica Blvd, Santa Monica 90404
Is Socalo clean?
Socalo is currently Grade B from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on November 4, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Socalo?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 4, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️IMPOUNDMENT/VOLUNTARY CONDEMN AND DISPOSE (VC&D)/SAMPLING
- ⚠️COMPLIANCE WITH VARIANCE, SPECIALIZED PROCESSES & HACCPcritical
- ⚠️NOTIFICATION OF INTENT TO SUSPEND
- ⚠️EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
- ⚠️PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATUREScritical
- ⚠️ADEQUATE HANDWASHING FACILITIES; SUPPLIED & ACCESSIBLE
When was Socalo last inspected?
Socalo has 5 inspections on record going back to December 29, 2023, averaging 89 points.
November 4, 2025 B
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View full inspection →April 29, 2025 A
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View full inspection →April 22, 2025 B
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View full inspection →August 15, 2024 A
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View full inspection →December 29, 2023 A
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View full inspection →Socalo vs City Of Santa Monica
City Of Santa Monica runs 95% clean across 628 tracked restaurants — 598 clean, 25 mid, 5 cooked.
Against the 628 spots Cooked tracks in City Of Santa Monica, this one comes out cleaner than 5% of them.
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How Los Angeles grades restaurants
Los Angeles County posts a letter placard in the window, and unlike New York the score runs the friendly way: higher is better. 90 to 100 points earns an A, 80 to 89 a B, and anything below that a C. The county inspects roughly every six months to a year depending on risk, and a failed inspection can close a kitchen until it is fixed. Because LA’s scores are final at the time of inspection — there is no pending window — a letter can be read straight off the score when the placard field is blank.
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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily, but the authority publishes in batches, so a recent visit may not appear yet. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.
Source: LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health via LA County Open Data. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated November 4, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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